Implement truck and gage wheel.



T. WADE, L. ERIGKSON & F. PUSCH, I IMPLEMENT TRUGK AND GAGE WHEEL.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 5, 1908.

Patefited Feb. 9, 1909.

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THOMAS WADE, LUDWIG ERIGKSON, AND FREDERICK PUSGH, OF FOUNTAIN, MINNESOTA.

IMPLEMENT TRUCK AND GAGE Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 9, 1909.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, THoMAs WADE, Lupwre ERICKSON, and FREDERICK PUsoH, citizens of the United States, residing at Fountain, in the county ofFillmore and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Im rovements in Implement Truck and Gage Vheels, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates tov trucks for agricultural implements and the like, and has for its object to provide an improved truck or device which is particularly adapted for use in connection with corn planters and which will act to take the weight of the planter ofi the end of the tongue and the necks of the horses and also act as a gage wheel or runner to cause the shoes or disks of the planter to follow the surface of the ground and plant at equal de ths on uneven surfaces. The devlces thus serve the double function of a support for the front end of the implement and as a gage to regulate the planter. The wheel forming a part of the device may be raised and lowe}rled to adjust the planter to the desired de t The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation showing the device applied .to a corn planter of known construction; Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the front part of the planter; Fig. 3 is a erspective view'of one of the devices detac ed.

The invention 1s shown and illustrated in. connection w1th a known corn planter having a tongue 6 and two front cross bars 7 and 8 which by means which need not be described here carry the lanting disks 9 which open the furrow for t e seed fed from the seed box 10. The planter shownv is a double planter, having bars and lanting disks on each side of the ton ue. T erefore a pair of the devices invented by us has been shown, one of the devices being associated with each set of the planting disks. Each of the devices so invented by us consists of a ground wheel 11 carried by a bracket consisting of a pair of bent arms 12. The wheel is carrled at the front end of the bracket, between the front ends of the arms,

upon an axle 13, which is adjustable in a series of holes 14 whereby the wheel may be raised or lowered as desired.

The arms 12 are connected by a bolt 15 and spaced apart by a sleeve 16 on said. bolt. The rear ends of the arms are fastened to the underside of the bars 7 and 8 of the planter. The arms are fastened to the front bar 7 by U-bolts or clips 17 and they are fastened to the rear bar 8 by means of straps 18. These straps extend around the bar 8 and are fastened at their lower ends to offsets 19 formed at the rear ends of the arms 12, by means of bolts 20 which extend through the straps and through said ofisets. This method of attachment serves to prevent any slip backwards of the arms. The arms are made of suitable metal shapes to give the requisite strength and rigidity, and as shown are fastened to the planter bars at opposite sides of the disks or planting devices. The front ends of the arms are bent down, and accordingly the wheel 11 is located directly in front of the planter disks and runs along the ground in front of the'same. Consequently the wheel will follow the surface of the ground and will raise or lower the planter disks accordingly, whereby the seed is planted at an equal depth, and rough ground will not have the effect of causing the planting to be done irregularly, as would otherwise be the case. The devices act as trucks to support the front parts and tongue of the planter, and so make it much easier on the horses. The arms are shown bowed out at the back to extend around the planting apparatus leading to the disks, but in this respect, as well as in other respects, no limitation is implied by reason of the particular structure shown, since various modifications may be made within the scope of the invention.

The attachment adds but little weight to the vehicle and by relieving the load from the necks of. the horses, makes the draft easier.

Although shown in connection with a particular kind of lanter, the invention may be applied to ot er planters, or other kinds of agricultural implements, with little or no modification. 

